From InfoWorld: Microsoft released patches for Server 2016, 2012R2, and 2012 on Nov. 8 that freeze specific Lenovo servers on reboot. The servers don’t finish the POST process and hang at the Lenovo splash screen. After many complaints, Lenovo issued six new UEFI firmware patches on Nov. 22. The...
From CNET: A failed attempt to hijack consumer routers is being blamed for network outages that left hundreds of thousands of people in Germany without internet service this weekend.
Around 900,000 of Deutsche Telekom's 20 million customers were affected by the outages, which began Sunday and...
From PC World: We have some solid evidence about the arrival of Android 7.1 for Nexus devices. Apparently Vodafone Australia has spilled the beans with details of a December 6 release date for the Nexus 6P.
The timeline makes sense, as Google unveiled the final developer preview of Android 7.1 on...
From CNET: AT&T's new online TV service, DirecTV Now, will launch Wednesday at its promised low, low price: $35 for over 100 channels. But customers will have to lock in that deal.
Packages for the DirecTV Now live-TV streaming service will range from $35 for more than 60 channels to $70 for more...
From CRN: HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler is out to "radically simplify and enhance" the way his company engages with partners as it confronts a competitive market, especially in its PC and printer businesses.
"Our core markets are still in flux, and we believe the change will only accelerate," Weisler...
From CNET: Samsung customers who have had products recalled are not the only ones feeling cheesed off at the company as 2016 draws to a close.
Feeling pressure from disgruntled shareholders, Samsung is set to announce changes on Tuesday that could boost the amount of profit returned to investors...
From InfoWorld: The Network Time Foundation's Network Time Protocol Project has patched multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities with the release of ntp-4.2.8p9. The last update to the open source protocol used to synchronize computer clocks was in June.
"NTP users are strongly urged to take...
From CNET: US shoppers made $1.2 billion in purchases with their phones and tablets on Friday, the first time in US retail history that mobile revenue exceeded $1 billion in one day, according to data released Saturday by Adobe.
Overall Black Friday sales surpassed another milestone, rising 21...
If you have spent some time studying biology, you will realize your thumb is the most important digit on the human hand. Because of its large range of movement and high relative strength, as well as the fact humans have what are known as opposable thumbs, we rely on it to do a whole lot of things. Particularly, we need it to grasp, manipulate, and handle objects well. To prove this theory, I just went around the office and tried to pick something...
Growing up, I had to learn three different languages. One of them is my first language and the second is English, and since I grew up with both of them, I did not really need to work as hard to learn them properly. However, at school, we had to take a third language as well. At that point, I was young and did not really care about learning another language, because I thought it had no use, which now that I am living in Canada is basically true...
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